US presses for speedy deployment of assessment team to Darfur

The United States circulated a draft UN resolution that sets a May 30 deadline for deploying an assessment team to Sudan’s war-torn region to prepare a UN takeover of the African Union peacekeeping mission. The new text, expected to be taken up by the 15-member Security Council during closed-door consultations Friday, seeks to build on the momentum created by the AU-brokered peace accord signed between Khartoum and the main Darfur rebel group in Abuja, Nigeria last week. Full Story

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